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Porn Film Festival Vienna
Logo (2025)
GenrePornography
Begins2018
FrequencyAnnual
LocationVienna
CountryAustria
Founders
Most recent2025
Next event2026
ActivityFilm screenings, debates, exhibitions
Websitewww.pffv.at

Porn Film Festival Vienna (PFFV) is an annual pornographic film festival held in Vienna, Austria, with the aim of promoting early career erotic film-makers, from Austria and beyond, to local audiences. The festival was first held in 2018. Feminist pornography, sex positivism and LGBTQ+ pornography are key thematic strands of the festival.

Background

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Founded by Yavuz Kurtulmus [de], Jasmin Hagendorfer, Gregor Schmidinger and Saif Rangwalla, the festival was inspired by the Porn Film Festival Berlin.[1] The idea for a dedicated erotic film festival developed from a popular "porn night" presented as part of the Transition Festival.[2][3] A precursor event for the first edition of the festival was held at the Schikaneder Cinema [de] in Vienna in 2017.[4] The program included the documentary Pornocracy by Ovidie, as well as selected short films.[4]

The festival had caused controversy within the Viennese arts and culture sector prior to its first iteration in 2018.[5][6] The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) investigated as to whether taxpayer contributions had funded the festival - a claim denied by the organisers.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was held as a hybrid event in October 2020, both in person and online.[8][9][10][11][12]

Programme

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Porn Film Festival Vienna (PFFV) explicitly screens pornographic short and feature films targeted to both heterosexual and LGBTQ audiences.[13][14] The 2018 edition had the theme "What is porn?"[15] Festival programmes may include discussions, debates and documentaries on sex-positive topics.[8] One example was a panel debate on porn addiction at the 2018 edition of the festival.[15] Another example of sex positivism is the screening of The Artist & The Pervert featuring the BDSM partnership of Georg Friedrich Haas and Mollena Williams-Haas, as the opening film in 2019.[16] Film showings may be followed by live interviews with the filmmakers.[17] From its inception, there has been an exhibition and engagement programme alongside.[17][18] The festival's audiences come from a range of backgrounds and all ages, including people from "feminist, queer, working-class and kinky communities".[19]

Jasmin Hagendorfer (November 2025)

Feminist pornography is also a key pillar of the festival.[20] Founder Jasmin Hagendorfer described her philosophical approach as follows:

Feminist porn productions demonstrate that female pleasure and sexual sensation can indeed be central, and that porn can be women-, gender-, and ultimately men-friendly. Furthermore, many feminist productions stand for fair working conditions, participation, and consent, which are often lacking in mainstream productions. It's important to show that porn is produced by women for women and that it reaches a broad audience.[20]

In 2025 festival organisers described how access was increasingly important as a theme of the festival; the preceding year the festival screened a film in complete darkness, so only audio was a stimulus.[19] In 2025 the festival also organised its first session on AI and sexuality.[19]

Partnerships

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Special programs of PFFV were shown at the International Queer & Migrant Film Festival in Amsterdam.[21] In cooperation with Arse Elektronika, screenings have also been organized at betalevel in Los Angeles,[22] and at The Nook in Orlando.[23]

References

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  1. ^ Vihaus, Yasmin (2018-02-14). "»What is porn?« – Zwischen Kunst und Kopulation". The Gap (in German). Retrieved 2026-01-07.
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  4. ^ a b "Porn Film Festival: Teaser Night". FALTER (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  5. ^ REFRESHER. "V kinosále plném lidí promítali několik hodin pornofilmy. Masturbuje se na pornofestivalu a můžeš se dotknout i lidí vedle tebe?" (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2024-11-26. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  6. ^ APA, WZ Online (2018-02-26). "Wien - Erstes Filmfestival für Pornos". Wiener Zeitung Online (in German). Archived from the original on 2026-01-05. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  7. ^ "Porno-Festival sorgt weiter für Erregung" (in German). 2018-02-27. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  8. ^ a b "Wiener Porn Film Festival: Corona und die Sexualität". vienna.at. 2020-07-29. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  9. ^ Tageszeitung, Tiroler (2020-07-29). "Wiener Porn Film Festival findet trotz Corona statt". Tiroler Tageszeitung Online (in German). Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  10. ^ "Trotz Corona: Wiener Porn Film Festival geht in dritte Runde" (in German). 2020-07-29. Archived from the original on 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  11. ^ APA. "Wiener Porn Film Festival findet trotz Corona statt". Vorarlberger Nachrichten | VN.at (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-08-01. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  12. ^ Nachrichten, Salzburger (2020-07-29). "Wiener Porn Film Festival findet trotz Corona statt". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Archived from the original on 2026-01-05. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  13. ^ "Porn Film Festival Vienna: „Bei uns wird nicht gewichst"". FALTER (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-04-14. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  14. ^ "Erstes Filmfestival für Pornos in Wien". Kronen Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  15. ^ a b "Porn Film Festival Vienna: Festival multipler Höhepunkte". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  16. ^ "THE ARTIST & THE PERVERT - Films - home". german-documentaries.de. Archived from the original on 2025-11-09. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  17. ^ a b KOSMO-Redaktion (2018-02-09). "Das Porn Film Festival kommt zum ersten Mal nach Wien!". KOSMO (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-09-10. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  18. ^ "PORN FILM FESTIVAL VIENNA — Improper Walls". Improper Walls. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  19. ^ a b c admin (2025-03-25). "Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine – Porn Film Festival Vienna". Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-03-26. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  20. ^ a b ""Es ist für jeden was dabei": Porn Film Festival Vienna". WOMAN.AT (in German). 2018-02-23. Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  21. ^ Oliver (2019-11-30). "Queer is the word tijdens International Queer & Migrant Filmfestival". gaykrant (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2025-09-15. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  22. ^ "Screw the System". betalevel15.rssing.com. Archived from the original on 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  23. ^ McCollum, Thaddeus (2019-06-19). "Porn Film Festival Vienna comes to the Nook to showcase the future of porn". Orlando Weekly. Archived from the original on 2026-01-07. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
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